June/July/August 2020
On the cover
PELICAN’S CATCH, hooked by Sandra Grant.
Summer is here! And even though for many it may not be a typical summer, this issue brings you the same high-quality photos and articles that you come to expect. We’ve got a nod to the 4th of July with a Betsy Ross inspired flag as well as the Great Seal of the United States. Hook a charming strawberry and mouse rug by Fluff and Peachy Bean; learn to make rugs using discarded shirts; admire the incredible work from artists such as Aine Humble, Sandra Grant, Susan Gaby-Trotz and others. You won’t want to miss this one!
Features
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The Sculptural Bird Creations of Sandra Grant
Flights of fancy
by Anne-Marie Littenberg -
Sunset from A’Cioch
Hooking movement and depth in a monochomatic cloudscape
by Áine Humble -
Revisiting the Group of Seven
Hooking the details
by Susan Gaby-Trotz -
Swirls of a Feather
Free-flow hooking
by Robin Whitford -
Upcycle Those Shirts!
Comfy cotton makes mighty soft rugs
by Kathleen Eckhaus
A Rug Hooking Exclusive
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Mouse Heaven
by Nancy Jewett/Fluff & Peach Bean
Departments
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Destinations: Art & Anniversaries
Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village 2020
by Kathy Wright -
Creativity
The Joy of a Mentor
by Deanne Fitzpatrick -
Blast from the Past
The Majestic Great Seal of the United States
by Joan Moshimer -
Beyond Our Borders
The Florentine Bird Tapestry
by Neysa Russo -
Artful Color
Evaluation
by Wanda Kerr -
Canadian Connection
A hooking challenge
by Lesley Larsen -
Readers’s Gallery
Gloriously free, quiet, and alone
by Leigh Glenn -
Dear Beginning Rug Hooker
Tea mats
by Jackie Alcock -
Ask the Experts
Designing folk-art houses
by Linda Pietz -
First Rug on the Last Page
The Betsy Ross Flag
by Megan Jenkins
Columns
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P Weiss
Jul 08, 2020
The Hatchette Girlsbr /Ive wanted to adapt this 1930s family photo of my mother her two sisters into a mat for a very long time. Knowing that I couldnt draw it, I asked my friend Kay LeFevre to help me. Kay has a system where she can put a photograph on a special heat transfer paper make it as large as needed. Thanks to Kay a heat press, I was able to get started. I used what I had in my stash, dyeing wool yarn as I went. The mat took 3 months of hooking, every day. Each face, jacket glove felt like a milestone. I enjoyed pulling every loop, feeling a sense of closeness to family, in my isolation. Sitting at my frame every day, kept me sane through the worst of the winter pandemic.br /The finished mat is 35x28. Hooked with #3 #4 cut wool, angora, velvet, wool roving, wool yarn.
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